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Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie
In 2025, the Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie issued 318 decisions, 18% more than in 2024. 69% of the decisions with a stated outcome are dismissals and a case is decided in a median of 6 months (respectively 57% and 7 months for all administrative tribunals).
- Decisions in 2025318+18% over one year
- Dismissal rate69%against 57% for all administrative tribunals
- Median time6 monthsagainst 7 months for all administrative tribunals
- Share of first-instance decisions0.1%of all administrative tribunals in 2025
Activity year by year
This section follows, year by year, the number of decisions published by the Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie, from 2023 to 2025. This number measures judicial output: it is not the same as the number of applications filed in the same year, because a case may be decided months after it was filed.
The number of decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie went from 443 in 2023 to 318 in 2025, with a minimum of 269 in 2024. In 2025, it accounts for 0.1% of the 244,677 decisions published by all administrative tribunals (0.2% in 2023). The dismissal rate is 69% in 2025, against 39% in 2023; the median time is 6 months in 2025, against 4 months in 2023.
| Year | Decisions | Change | Dismissal rate | Median time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 443 | – | 39% | 4 months |
| 2024 | 269 | −39% | 66% | 5 months |
| 2025 | 318 | +18% | 69% | 6 months |
Series start in 2023, the first full year in which the decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie were published. Rate and time not computed below 200 decisions in the year.
Subjects of the cases
Decisions are sorted by subject according to the legal texts they cite: immigration, planning and building permits, tax, civil service, housing… The table shows the subjects that occupy the Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie, how the share of each compares with that of all administrative tribunals, and how the dismissal rate and the median time change from one subject to another.
Civil service is the most frequent subject before the Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie: 19 decisions in 2025 (5% fewer than in 2024), that is 6% of the decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie, against 4% for all administrative tribunals. It is followed by policing (6%) and public health (2%). Other matters, meaning decisions without a characteristic legal text, account for 80% of the decisions. The largest difference from the distribution for all administrative tribunals concerns policing: 6% of the decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie, against 1% for all administrative tribunals.
| Subject | Decisions 2025 | Share | Share: Administrative tribunals | Dismissal rate | Median time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civil service | 19 | 6% | 4% | – | – |
| Policing | 19 | 6% | 1% | – | – |
| Public health | 7 | 2% | 1% | – | – |
| Employment law | 7 | 2% | 1% | – | – |
| Environment and agriculture | 4 | 1% | 1% | – | – |
| Driving licences | 4 | 1% | 2% | – | – |
| Tax | 2 | 1% | 4% | – | – |
| Housing | 1 | 0.3% | 5% | – | – |
| Planning and building permits | 1 | 0.3% | 3% | – | – |
| Other matters | 254 | 80% | 33% | 72% | 5 months |
Subject determined from the legal texts cited in each decision; “other matters” groups decisions without a characteristic text. Rate and time not computed below 200 decisions in the year.
Time to judgment
Time to judgment is the time between the filing of the application and the decision. It is summarised by the median: half of the cases are decided faster, the other half more slowly; the quartiles frame this benchmark. Only judgments and rulings count, not orders. The chart spreads the decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie over bands of duration.
In 2025, the median time from filing to decision at the Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie is 6 months: a quarter of the cases are decided in less than 5 months, a quarter wait more than 9 months. This median was 5 months in 2024. It is lower than the median for all administrative tribunals (7 months). The time is calculated on 316 of the 318 decisions of the year (judgments and rulings, excluding orders).
- A quarter of cases decided inless than 5 monthsfirst quartile
- Median time6 monthsagainst 7 months for all administrative tribunals
- A quarter of cases wait more than9 monthsthird quartile
- Decisions counted316out of 318 decisions in 2025
| Duration | Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie | Administrative tribunals |
|---|---|---|
| < 3 months | 2% | 36% |
| 3-6 months | 45% | 10% |
| 6-12 months | 40% | 14% |
| 1-2 years | 7% | 20% |
| 2-3 years | 6% | 15% |
| > 3 years | 0.3% | 5% |
See also time to judgment in all courts
Judgments and rulings only, excluding orders (summary proceedings), counted from the first application filed. Not computed below 200 decisions in the year.
Outcome of the cases
The outcome sums up what the decision does: the claim is dismissed, it is granted in whole or in part, or the case ends without the court having to rule on the merits (withdrawal, no need to rule). The chart sets the Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie beside all the administrative tribunals.
Among the 317 decisions of 2025 with a stated outcome, 69% are dismissals, 29% annul the contested act or grant the claim, and 2% are withdrawals or “no need to rule” decisions, which end the case without a ruling on the merits. For all administrative tribunals, these shares are 57%, 22% and 18%. Compared with 2024, the dismissal rate of the Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie is up 3 points.
- Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie
- Administrative tribunals
- Dismissed
- Annulled or granted
- No need to rule
- Withdrawn
- Referred or transferred
- Other outcomes
| Outcome | Decisions 2025 | Share | Share: Administrative tribunals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 220 | 69% | 57% |
| Annulled or granted | 92 | 29% | 22% |
| No need to rule | 5 | 2% | 6% |
| Withdrawn | 0 | 0% | 12% |
| Referred or transferred | 0 | 0% | 3% |
Decisions with a stated and classified outcome, excluding interim decisions (expert report, investigation).
Where the court stands
This section places the Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie among the administrative tribunals: its number of decisions compared with the median, the administrative court of appeal it falls under and the tribunals of its jurisdiction.
With 318 decisions in 2025, the Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie is below the median of the administrative tribunals, which is 3,732 decisions per tribunal (40 administrative tribunals with published decisions). Appeals against the judgments of the Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie are, as a rule, heard by the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris, whose jurisdiction covers 6 tribunals: Nouvelle-Calédonie, Paris, Melun, Montreuil, Polynésie française and Wallis-et-Futuna. The ruling of the court of appeal can then be challenged in cassation before the Conseil d'État.
| Court | Decisions 2025 | Dismissal rate | Median time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tribunal administratif de Paris | 31,106 | 47% | 5 months |
| Tribunal administratif de Montreuil | 15,121 | 48% | 9 months |
| Tribunal administratif de Melun | 13,336 | 53% | 10 months |
| Tribunal administratif de la Polynésie française | 610 | 64% | 6 months |
| Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie | 318 | 69% | 6 months |
Wallis-et-Futuna is not in the table: no decision is counted in these figures. Rate and time not computed below 200 decisions in the year.
See also Cour administrative d'appel de Paris Conseil d'État France
Understanding these figures
The role of an administrative tribunal
The administrative tribunal is the ordinary court, at first instance, for disputes between a public body and an individual, a company or an association: a decision by a prefect, a municipality or a hospital, a refused residence permit, a building permit, a tax, a sanction against a public servant… Each tribunal covers a geographic area. As a rule, its judgment can be challenged on appeal before an administrative court of appeal; some judgments can only be challenged in cassation before the Conseil d'État.
Judgments and orders
The decisions counted here are judgments and orders. A judgment settles the case after investigation, most often following a public hearing. An order is issued by a single judge, either in summary proceedings (an urgent procedure that can, for instance, suspend an administrative decision pending judgment) or to close an application without a hearing when it is clearly inadmissible or the applicant has withdrawn. Orders count in the volumes, but not in the time to judgment.
Reading the median time
Time is counted from the filing of the application to the judgment. The median splits the cases into two halves: one is decided faster, the other more slowly. It is preferred to the average, which a small number of very long cases is enough to inflate. The quartiles give the range: a quarter of the cases are decided before the first quartile, a quarter after the third. The calculation covers judgments, excluding orders.
Reading the dismissal rate
The dismissal rate relates dismissals to all decisions with a stated and classified outcome. Dismissal covers claims found unfounded, inadmissible or brought before the wrong court. Withdrawals and “no need to rule” decisions end the case without a ruling on the merits: they are not dismissals and are shown separately.
The figures of this tribunal
Before the Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie, civil service accounts for 6% of the decisions of 2025, against 4% for all administrative tribunals; policing accounts for 6% (1% for all administrative tribunals). The dismissal rate and the median time vary from one subject to another: the Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie and another tribunal cannot be compared point by point without taking into account the cases brought before them. No statistic can predict the outcome of a particular case.
Frequently asked questions
How many decisions did the Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie issue in 2025?
The Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie issued 318 decisions in 2025, 18% more than in 2024, that is 0.1% of the decisions of all administrative tribunals. The most frequent subjects are civil service (19 decisions), policing (19 decisions) and public health (7 decisions).
What is the median time to judgment of the Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie?
In 2025, the median time from filing to decision at the Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie is 6 months: a quarter of the cases are decided in less than 5 months and a quarter after more than 9 months. For all administrative tribunals, the median time is 7 months.
What share of the decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie are dismissals?
In 2025, 69% of the decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie with a stated outcome were dismissals, against 57% for all administrative tribunals. The rate depends first on the subjects heard: see “Understanding these figures”.
Where can a judgment of the Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie be appealed?
As a rule, before the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris, whose jurisdiction covers the tribunals of Paris, Melun, Montreuil, Nouvelle-Calédonie, Polynésie française and Wallis-et-Futuna. Some judgments can only be challenged in cassation before the Conseil d'État: the judgment states the available remedies and time limits.